- Garrett Ford, Jr.
Garrett Ford, Jr. (born
July 6 ,1970 inMorgantown, West Virginia ) was anAmerican football running back for theWest Virginia Mountaineers .Collegiate career
Ford came to West Virginia in 1989, and made an immediate impact. He shared starting time with
Eugene Napoleon on a Mountaineers squad that had just came from aFiesta Bowl loss to Notre Dame the previous year in the National Championship game. Ford rushed for 733 yards and 6 touchdowns that season, the only season he started. His totals was second on the team, behind All-American quarterbackMajor Harris .Ford's next three seasons as a Mountaineer had Ford at a backup role to Michael Beasley in 1990 and
Adrian Murrell in 1991 and 1992. Ford rushed for a total of 821 yards and 6 touchdowns in those three seasons as backup, including 335 yard seasons in '90 and '91.
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